KRISTA: Still healing scars of 1963 church bombing

2:17 PM,
Oct. 4, 2013

Sarah Collins Rudolph speaks to students at North Avondale Montessori. She was severely injured in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that killed her sister and three other little girls. Four Ku Klux Klansmen were later convicted of the killings. Sarah is a historic figure as the only survivor of violence that triggered support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Photo shot Thursday October 3, 2013. The Enquirer/ Cara Owsley

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It was 50 years ago, but every time Sarah Collins Rudolph stands in front of a mirror putting on makeup, she thinks of the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that killed her big sister, Addie, and three other girls.

She lost vision in her right eye to that bombing and still carries the scars.